AirTalk.org Aviation discussions newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  drop outs          AirTalk.org Forum Index -> Planes, gliders and flying in Australia View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message alpha Guest Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 12:02 pm    Post subject: drop outs Over the last week I am suffering repeated time outs when accessing the the news group server, anyone else having this problem?? Back to top Mal Guest Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 1:30 pm    Post subject: Re: drop outs Does not say much for AAPT then. Telstra are just as bad. "alpha" <who (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote Over the last week I am suffering repeated time outs when accessing the the news group server, anyone else having this problem?? Back to top SR20GOER Guest Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 9:04 pm    Post subject: Re: drop outs "NickC" <spambucketREMOVE_THIS (AT) iinet (DOT) net.au> wrote Quote: "alpha" <who (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in news:dgu8s8$f1j$1 (AT) news-01 (DOT) bur.connect.com.au: snip >> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Over the last week I am suffering repeated time outs when accessing the the news group server, anyone else having this problem??</FONT></DIV></BODY> ------=_NextPart_000_0088_01C5BFC1.4BA6E7B0-- Pls don't post in html 'cause it looks like the above. Your ISP runs your news server. Each ISP's is different. Check with them. -- Nick Interesting. I a relative newbie and using Outlook Express. I understand it lacks some features of the news editors you guys use but alphas post just appeared normal. To snip a post I just have to use normal email cut features. The one small niggle I do have is that it keeps all the newsgroup threads until I delete them - although on the positive side it means I can easily find content offline. Brian Back to top NickC Guest Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 10:10 pm    Post subject: Re: drop outs "SR20GOER" <sr20goerDONTSPAM (AT) ozipilotsonline (DOT) com.au> wrote in news:43331c5e$0$11712$5a62ac22 (AT) per-qv1-newsreader-01 (DOT) iinet.net.au: Quote: Interesting. I a relative newbie and using Outlook Express. Nothing wrong with OE, it's fine if you're just doing the occasional read. It lacks some features that heavy users like. Quote: I understand it lacks some features of the news editors you guys use but alphas post just appeared normal. OE by default posts html. You can change it in one of the options to post plain (or clear) text, which is sorta the usenet preferred way. OE reads html (which is why the post reads normally to you), but some people think that's a security hazard since it uses IE to do it, possibly leaving you open to attacks. There's a well-known bug where a malicious poster can post a special sequence of characters and cause your OE to crash when you read it(I think that's been fixed in SP2 though). Quote: To snip a post I just have to use normal email cut features. The one small niggle I do have is that it keeps all the newsgroup threads until I delete them - although on the positive side it means I can easily find content offline. If the old posts are cluttering your view, you can set OE to show only unread msgs, or threads that contain unread msgs. That's what I do and, as you say, it's quite handy to have the old ones to look through too. -- Nick Back to top Brian May Guest Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 10:39 pm    Post subject: Re: drop outs Quote: "SR20GOER" == SR20GOER <sr20goerDONTSPAM (AT) ozipilotsonline (DOT) com.au> writes: SR20GOER> Interesting. I a relative newbie and using Outlook SR20GOER> Express. I understand it lacks some features of the SR20GOER> news editors you guys use but alphas post just appeared SR20GOER> normal. To snip a post I just have to use normal email SR20GOER> cut features. The one small niggle I do have is that it SR20GOER> keeps all the newsgroup threads until I delete them - SR20GOER> although on the positive side it means I can easily find SR20GOER> content offline. Brian It would appear NickC's program lacks MIME support. So it displays everything in ASCII because it doesn't know any different. I thought these went obsolete years ago... Still his point about HTML is valid, lots of people have a dislike for HTML in emails/news. The email in question had two parts: plain text as well as HTML. My mail program is configured to display the text part by default so it wasn't a problem for me, except the increase in size. (note: what really annoys me are the sites that send an empty plain text part and expect you to read the HTML part - my client displays the empty part and the email looks like a blank message, easily identified as SPAM...) -- Brian May <bam (AT) snoopy (DOT) apana.org.au> Back to top alpha Guest Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 10:51 pm    Post subject: Re: drop outs OK thanks Guys,, will check the server loading with my ISP... BTW, how does my "Plain Text" message look?? cheers "Brian May" <bam (AT) snoopy (DOT) apana.org.au> wrote Quote: "SR20GOER" == SR20GOER <sr20goerDONTSPAM (AT) ozipilotsonline (DOT) com.au writes: SR20GOER> Interesting. I a relative newbie and using Outlook SR20GOER> Express. I understand it lacks some features of the SR20GOER> news editors you guys use but alphas post just appeared SR20GOER> normal. To snip a post I just have to use normal email SR20GOER> cut features. The one small niggle I do have is that it SR20GOER> keeps all the newsgroup threads until I delete them - SR20GOER> although on the positive side it means I can easily find SR20GOER> content offline. Brian It would appear NickC's program lacks MIME support. So it displays everything in ASCII because it doesn't know any different. I thought these went obsolete years ago... Still his point about HTML is valid, lots of people have a dislike for HTML in emails/news. The email in question had two parts: plain text as well as HTML. My mail program is configured to display the text part by default so it wasn't a problem for me, except the increase in size. (note: what really annoys me are the sites that send an empty plain text part and expect you to read the HTML part - my client displays the empty part and the email looks like a blank message, easily identified as SPAM...) -- Brian May Back to top SR20GOER Guest Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 10:58 pm    Post subject: Re: drop outs "NickC" <spambucketREMOVE_THIS (AT) iinet (DOT) net.au> wrote Quote: "SR20GOER" <sr20goerDONTSPAM (AT) ozipilotsonline (DOT) com.au> wrote in news:43331c5e$0$11712$5a62ac22 (AT) per-qv1-newsreader-01 (DOT) iinet.net.au: snip > OE by default posts html. You can change it in one of the options to post plain (or clear) text, which is sorta the usenet preferred way. Nick Nick Is mine posting OK or HTML? No-one has mentioned it so I suspect it is posting OK but best be sure. Brian Back to top Brian May Guest Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 11:01 pm    Post subject: Re: drop outs Quote: "alpha" == alpha <who (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> writes: alpha> BTW, how does my "Plain Text" message look?? Great! -- Brian May <bam (AT) snoopy (DOT) apana.org.au> Back to top NickC Guest Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 11:12 pm    Post subject: Re: drop outs "SR20GOER" <sr20goerDONTSPAM (AT) ozipilotsonline (DOT) com.au> wrote in news:43333715$0$25143$5a62ac22 (AT) per-qv1-newsreader-01 (DOT) iinet.net.au: Quote: Is mine posting OK or HTML? No-one has mentioned it so I suspect it is posting OK but best be sure. Looks pretty good to me. ;) -- Nick Back to top NickC Guest Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 11:13 pm    Post subject: Re: drop outs "alpha" <who (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in news:dgvch5$3ci$1@news- 01.bur.connect.com.au: Quote: BTW, how does my "Plain Text" message look?? Pretty good. ;) -- Nick Back to top NickC Guest Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 11:33 pm    Post subject: Re: drop outs Brian May <bam (AT) snoopy (DOT) apana.org.au> wrote in news:sa4ll1oral1.fsf (AT) snoopy (DOT) microcomaustralia.com.au: Quote: It would appear NickC's program lacks MIME support. So it displays everything in ASCII because it doesn't know any different. I thought these went obsolete years ago... Nah, it understands MIME fine, just won't use html (by design). Originally was security and all that, now I'm just used to it. Old dogs... -- Nick Back to top viz Guest Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 2:08 am    Post subject: Re: drop outs I have had several instances in the last couple of weeks of threads not appearing ­ maybe a news feed that is not working. This may or may not relate to your problem... /viz On 22/9/05 10:02 PM, in article dgu8s8$f1j$1 (AT) news-01 (DOT) bur.connect.com.au, "alpha" <who (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote: Quote: Over the last week I am suffering repeated time outs when accessing the the news group server, anyone else having this problem?? 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